Lifestyle:
Unknown.
Larva: The larvae of flies are leg-less maggots without a head capsule (see examples). They never have thoracic or abdominal legs. They do not have chewing mouthparts, although they do have a characteristic cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton (see examples), usually visible internally through the body wall.
Puparium: The puparia of flies are formed within the hardened last larval skin or puparium and as a result sheaths enclosing head appendages, wings and legs are not visible externally (see examples).
Comments:
Host possibly Leontodon (Spencer,
1976: 485).
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown.
Hosts
elsewhere: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - larvae: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - adults: June.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Local, but probably widespread.
Devon (Lyme Regis) (Spencer, 1972b: 88).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland, Co. Clare (Ballyvaughan, Lough
Rask) (Spencer, 1972b: 88). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Germany, Poland, Denmark, Finland
and Sweden (Spencer, 1976:
485), Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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